Hi,

I thoroughly enjoyed my two week stay at Porec. I was disappointed with the hotel - I stayed in the village. The room decor is a 1980s timewarp! but that isn't too much of a problem as there is soo many other things to see and do! Venice, slovenia, Lake Plitvica etc etc!

I would definately recommend this area of loaction, sadly not the hotel (although the staff were great). I got the impression that many of the local hotels were in a similar state - very much in need of an update. As the location gets more popular, i'm sure the standards will rise.

Don't let this stop you, just make sure you have you expectation set for the hotels!

Regards,
A mid twenties young couple.

Have just returned from a one week stay at laguna park. we stayed in a village room which although basic was very clean and had the benefit of an outside seating area in a litle porch (very few of the hotel rooms have a balcony) You can hire a fridge for around £1.50 a day. The hotel itself is exceptionally clean and the staff are all very helpful and speak good english. The food is served buffet style. The breakfast is excellent with plenty of fruit and assortments of hot and cold dishes. The evening meal was very good with a variety of grilled meat and fish, pasta, pizza and salad bar. The terrace faces west and the sunset is stunning. The pool is a very good size but absolutley freezing, but the children did not seem to mind. The area is within an easy 30 minute walk of lovely Porec. If you dont feel like a walk or cannot manage that far there is a tourist train costing about £1.00 each way. The holiday exceeded all our expectations

We stayed in a room with a balcony, the balcony was very narrow, about 2 feet wide, with two chairs on it, no table. The room itself was spotless with air conditioning TV, mini-bar and hair dryer.

Every area in the hotel was very clean. Tthe staff were helpful and could mostly speak English. The buffet food was average. It was fairly plain and very similar every night. There was a pasta selection, vegetables, potatoes and plenty of choice of different meats, but all were very plain. Breakfast was good. The only food available to purchase at lunchtimes was ham and cheese rolls, but three days when we went to get them they had none left (at about 1pm). There are a couple of restaurants across the road and a supermarket very close.

The hotel guests were mainly German whilst we stayed here (and I get the impression that that is generally the case all year round) and whilst we laugh at the joke about Germans putting their towels on the sunbeds, this was certainly the case. The sunbeds were unlocked at 9am in the morning. From 8am onwards, they would queue waiting for them to be unlocked, they would already have put their towels in the area they wanted to sit, and then get the beds, put them in position and dissappear for two or three hours before they actually sat on them. I am not exaggerating this, I was amazed having never seen anything like this before. So be prepared for a this if you want to stay by the pool.

The alternative is the sea, the hotel is literally across the road from the beach, not exactly a beach, it is concrete crazy paving and swimming pool steps sunk into the concrete to get in the sea, you can hire sunbeds and umbrellas.

The only entertainment we saw was a duet singing from 8pm til 11pm, the same ones everynight and they were pretty bad. The hotel bar closes at midnight as does every other pub.

A train runs into the centre of Prorec regularly for about £1 one way, we didnt walk so can't comment on that but you walk along the coast and through pine trees and it looked a pleasant walk as we passed by on the train. Taxis are also reasonable to get home if you miss the last train (10.40 pm).

Hotel laguna Park is situated about 30 mins walk from the pretty town of Porec, nice walk along the coast and through the trees. Food was good, with plenty of choice at the buffet. The staff were very obliging and all spoke English. There is a tennis school attached to the hotel so many people were on coaching courses. The rooms were a little small but very clean, not all hotel rooms had outside balconies or space, the garden(village) rooms were set in wooded park areas about 5 mins from the hotel all had patios with furniture. We enjoyed staying in a village room! As it was the first week of the season entertainment was limited to live music each evening from 8-11 and a special Croatian Meal. In high season we belive there is an entertainment program for adults and children.

Would suit couples who enjoy walking as the scenery was lovely, there are no sandy beaches, although you can access the sea from purpose built platforms from the rocks.

A good day trip out is to Rovinji, by boat from Porec, the cost about £15 inc fish lunch or chicken. We went on the boat Victoria.

All in all good value for money and a charming country.